The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-09-07

them with the compost heap.
! 1t is true that it IS better not to pick
the small fruit than to mix the berries.
Quantity docs not pay as we'll as quality,
if the commission merchant is faithful.
Bects, carrots, parsnips and turnips
! are not only acceptable for feeding pur-
poses of themselves, but they also promote
digestion and keep stock in good condl-
ton.
! When a young tree runs up in height
with but few strong branches and a
slender trunk the top should be trimmed
off few inches, especially of the main
shoots.
It is best not to allow tree SO to over
| load itself with fruit us to compel the use
of props to the limbs. The fr;iit should
be thinncd out, leaving only the
choicest.
, The Hus1analpan says that the farmer
who picks out his fattcst and best sheep
and lambs to sell will find, after time,
his flock so farrun down that nobody will
care to buy.
! Yonng turkeys over ten weeks old are
usually past danger. They will be
tender until they shall have the red face,
but after that time they will be harder
than chicks
Boiled milk is recommended as a sure
cure for looseness in colts, calves, or hu-
man beings, or as q check for chicken
cholera. For fowls it must be carefully
fe'l with spoon.
BY feeding the oats unthreshed, we
save the labor of threshing, and also get
the straw and grain together in the
stomach, getting better digestion of
both than when they arc fed separate.
In turning weeds under the work will
be thrown away uulcss they be complete
ly covered, as covering the roots only
and leaving the tops out of the ground
will permit them to continue growing.
Open sheds in the barn yard arc SER
viccable in providing shade in the sum-
mcr and in affording protection from
driving storms in winter. Every barn
yard should have an opening shed, if
convenient.
1t costs very little to plant trees along
the road, and when they shall reach
fair size they will add something to the
value of the farm. Attractiveness is Of
ten as much value as fertility when dis
posing of farm.
The earliest Lima beans, which are usu-
ally found near the lower parts of the
vines, should not be picked until enough
have been allowed to dry for seed, as
next season they will produce earlier
than the higher grown seed.
Where sheep are troubled with flies
and maggots they rapidly lose flesh, as
they get but little rest and have no appc-
titcs. Damp pastures arc also injurious,
often causing foot rot. The sheep should
always be sheltered at night.
Carrots are valuable rs food for all
kinds of stock, and 500 bushels may be
raised on an acre, but turnips arc grown
in preference, because they germinatc
from the seed sooner, and arc not easily
ovcrrun with grass and weeds.
Itisnot generally known that hyacinth
and tulip bulbs, lifted after the foliage
begins to die, kept in a cool, dry place
through the summer and reset in October,
produce the most abundant and perfect
flowers. This is worthy of trial.
The white and brown Leghorn fowls
begin to lay when only five months old.
They are non-setters, lay white eggs, and
rank very igh as egg-producers. They
are however, small in size, and do not
answer as well for market as do the larger
breeds.
A fast horse is not the best for the
p!ow or cultivator, as such horses not
only soon exhaust themselves, but the
driver also. The best work can usually
be done with a slow animal, rs the. grass
and weeds can thus more easily be de-
stroycd.
The st. Louis Republican says not a
few of our progressive farmers arc adopt
ing practice common among English
aGriculturists and growing carrots rs
a field crop. They believe there is no
better root for cows and horses, sheep and
oxen. Carrots cause other food grain,
for example, to digest more easily.
The food that is given the hen should
contain all the elements that exist in the
egg. These are found in wheat, oats,
corn, bran, linsccd, crushed bone,
mustard seed, sunhowcr seed, and
vegetable matter. Reasonable mixture
of all of these, varied more or less with
the aid OF crushed limestone or gypsum,
woull afford every element called for to
produce constant yield of eggs.
Water the lawn, if it can be continued
occasionally, in long drought. Orna-
mental beds, such as those in ribbon
style, ETC., should be ut their best when
cool nights come. and the different kinds
should be kept from running into one
another. Judicious pruning will keep
them in order. 1t is not advisable to
save seeds, unless from very choice plants.
Cut away all faded flower clusters, unless
seeds of these are wanted.
A prolific provocation Of bloody
murrain is drinking stagnant water.
Bottom lands that have been recently in
undated, marshes and low-lying, clay
calcarcous soils are all favorable to its
development, and this season is likely to
| produce it in many places. For the pro-
| lection of other animals as well as Of
men, too much care cannot be taken to
bury the carcaSscs of deceased animals
very deep, and at distance from run
ming or still water liable to be used by
other animals.
Newly planted trees often suffer ap-
parcntly for want of water, when really
there is much moisture in the soil. This
usIn'lv comes from the earth NOT hayinr